Strickland banned cash-paying video games such as Tic Tac Fruit in August, saying they were illegal games of chance. Every six to 10 minutes, numbers would be drawn and displayed on a video monitor. In Club Keno, bar patrons would choose numbers on a card, place a bet and the card would be inserted into a machine. They say it could raise $73 million a year. Strickland, who opposes casino gambling, and Ohio Lottery Chairman Michael Dolan maintain Club Keno is a lottery game, not a casino game. Ted Strickland has plans to boost the state's ailing budget with a new Ohio Lottery game offered only in bars. (pdf)Five months after outlawing cash-paying video games in bars and taverns, Gov.
